Embracing the brutal, sublime

‘‘After 20km of relentless uphill walking, we see the road stretching ahead in an apparently endless and shadeless curve.’’ Dunedin-born avid walker Jennifer Andrewes took up long-distance walking when diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s in 2019 and in  2024 walked the 2400km Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome. This is an extract from her book on the journey, The Only Way is Up.

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